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VH-EAF
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VH-EAF |
19626 |
City
of Adelaide |
| VH-EAF |
21MAR68
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Rolled out as 707-338C |
| VH-EAF |
19APR68
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First flown |
| VH-EAF |
06MAY68
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Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd. Handed over to Qantas at 1015 as "City of Adelaide". Purchase price US$7,445,216. (TT: 2:43) Departed Seattle at 1749 to Honolulu and Sydney on delivery. |
| VH-EAF |
07MAY68
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Arrived Sydney at 1558. (TT: 21:19) |
| VH-EAF |
24MAY68
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Departed Sydney at 1030 for Singapore on its first service. |
| VH-EAF |
02JUN68
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| VH-EAF |
01JUL70
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First
aircraft with restyled Qantas titles. |
| VH-EAF |
12FEB71
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Photographed
in Sydney. |
| VH-EAF |
28JUN73
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Renamed "City of Townsville" |
| VH-EAF |
25OCT73
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Sydney-Tokyo with Prime Minister Whitlam. (Source: Log book of Capt Jock Ross) |
| VH-EAF |
27OCT73
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Tokyo-Nagoya with Prime Minister Whitlam. (Source: Log book of Capt Jock Ross) |
| VH-EAF |
31OCT73
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Arrived Peking at 1425 with Prime Minister Whitlam. The first Australian Prime Minister and the first Qantas aircraft to visit China. |
| VH-EAF |
31MAR75
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Departed Sydney on the last Qantas B707 service to San Francisco. |
| VH-EAF |
13SEP75
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Departed Sydney at 1000 for Santiago, Chile. Set a non-stop distance record for a Qantas aircraft. (11,808 km in 13 hrs 12 mins). Captains A. Terrell and P. Mathieson. |
| VH-EAF |
15SEP75
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Arrived Sydney from Santiago, Easter Island and Papeete. |
| VH-EAF |
MAY76
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Renamed "City of Armidale" |
| VH-EAF |
04MAR78
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Departed Sydney at 1128 for Melbourne, Christchurch and Sydney on its last Qantas service. |
| VH-EAF |
03APR78
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Struck off Australian Register |
| HL7432 |
05APR78
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Sold to ITEL Capital Leasing Corp. (TT: 33163:29 Landings: 12959) Leased to Korean Air Lines and departed Sydney at 2200 on delivery to Seol as HL7432. |
| HL7432 |
OCT80
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| HL7432 |
DEC80
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Sold to GATX Booth but still operated by Korean Air Lines.. |
| HL7432 |
16MAY85
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| N770JS |
19JAN86
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Sold to Boeing Military Co for Joint STARS program (AL231/11) |
| N770JS |
JAN86
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Registered to Boeing Co, Wichita KS (AL232/10) |
| N770JS |
26JUL87
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Noted at McConnell AFB in USAF markings (AL249/11) |
| N770JS |
MAR88
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Registered to Grumman Aerospace Corp, Melbourne FL (AL258/10) |
| 86-0416 |
22DEC88
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First
flight as USAF E-8A Joint-STARS FSD-1/T-1 Prototype (Initially EC-18C).
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| 86-0416 |
FEB90
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Commenced European Joint-STARS trials |
| 86-0416 |
MAR90
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Completed European Joint-STARS trials |
| 86-0416 |
91
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Participated in Operation Desert Storm |
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Camera icon is linked to a photo.
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Issue
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Date
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Remarks
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28JUL21
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Added an image of the aircraft in the V-Jet scheme thanks to Peter Gates. |
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16NOV19
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Added details of flights with PM Whitlam in OCT73 from the log book of Capt Jock Ross. Thanks to Greg Weir. |
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21FEB15
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Added an image of the aircraft in Korean Air Lines Cargo livery. |
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27JUL06
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Created individual page for this aircraft. Archived Updates for combined B707-338C/327C/349C list. |
NOTES |
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There
are four numbers in the second column of each header. These are: 1. The Constructor's Number (c/n or Manufacturer's Serial Number) 2. The Line Number (The order in which final assembly began) 3. Cumulative Line Number (The order in which the aircraft were rolled out) 4. Engineering Block Number (Customer Number) Note: During early production, the Line Number was often the same as the Cumulative Line Number. Source: "The Boeing 707 & 720" Air-Britain 1972. |
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Please forward any errors or updates to the Webmaster. |
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These sources are gratefully acknowledged. |